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Cunard Line
Page 5 - The Cruise Ships: 1971-
This page is one of a series devoted to postcards and photographs of the ocean liners and cruise ships in the Cunard Line, and it covers the purpose-built cruise ships built or acquired since 1971. The post war fleet of ocean liners is covered
on this link
. There is a table of individual ship histories on the
Cunard - Header Page
.
Ships Covered on this Page:-
Caronia
- 1999-2005
Cunard Adventurer
- 1971-1977
Cunard Ambassador
- 1971-1977
Cunard Countess
- 1975-1997
Cunard Princess
- 1977-1997
Queen Elizabeth (2)
- 2010-
Queen Mary 2
- 2004-
Queen Victoria (1)
- 2005
- Transferred to P&O Cruises as
Arcadia (3)
Queen Victoria (2)
- 2007-
Royal Viking Sun
Sagafjord
- 1984-1996
Sea Goddess I
- 1986-1998
Sea Goddess II
- 1986-1998
Vistafjord
- 1984-99
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- Cruise Ships 1971-
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Cunard Line Fleet List
Part 5: The Cruise Ships
Cunard Adventurer
(Cunard Line: 1971-1977)
Cunard Adventurer
was built in 1971
and was sold to Norwegian Caribbean Line in 1977. She was renamed the
Sunward II
. In 1991 she was sold on to
Epirotiki Line
and renamed
Triton
. Epirotiki later formed part of
Royal Olympic Cruises
, who are now owned by the Cyprus-based
Louis Cruise Line
.
Complete history of
Cunard Adventurer
Official Cunard card of
Cunard Adventurer
.
Cunard Ambassador
(Cunard Line: 1971-1977)
Cunard Ambassador
was built in 1972. She was declared a CTL in 1974 after an engine room fire,
and was sold for conversion to the livestock carrier
Linda Clausen.
Official Cunard card of
Cunard Ambassador
.
Photographic postcard of
Linda Clausen
(ex-
Cunard Ambassador
).
Cunard Countess
(Cunard: 1975-1997)
Launched by Burmeister & Wain in Copenhagen in 1974,
Cunard Countess
was moved to La Spezia for fitting out, entering service in August 1976. Sistership was
Cunard Princess
. She originally had a white funnel like the
Cunard Adventurer
, which she replaced in service.
Cunard Countess
was given Cunard funnel colours in 1980. In 1982/83 she was used as a troop ship during the Falklands conflict.
Cunard Countess
was sold to
Royal Olympic
in 1997 becoming the
Olympic Countess
(later
Olympia Countess
).
Complete history of Cunard Countess
Official Cunard card of
Cunard Countess
.
Advance card published by J.Arthur Dixon.
Official Cunard card of
Cunard Countess
.
Official Cunard card of
Cunard Countess
.
Official Cunard card of
Cunard Countess
.
Cunard Conquest
(Cunard: 1976-1977)
Cunard Princess
(Cunard: 1977-1995)
Launched by Burmeister & Wain in Copenhagen in December 1976 as
Cunard Conquest.
Moved to La Spezia for fitting out, like her sistership Cunard Countess, and named
Cunard Princess
when entering service in 1977. Received Cunard funnel colours in 1980. Chartered, then sold to
StarLauro
as the
Rhapsody
from 1995, later transferring to
MSC
.
Complete history of Cunard Princess
Official Cunard card of
Cunard Princess
.
Official Cunard card of
Cunard Princess
.
Official Cunard card of
Cunard Princess
.
Postcard of
Cunard Princess
.
Sagafjord
(Cunard Line: 1984-96)
In 1983, Trafalgar House acquired Norwegian American Cruises, and the
Sagafjord
and
Vistafjord
joined the Cunard fleet, both retaining their names. In 1996 was chartered to Transocean Tours as the
Gripsholm
, followed in the same year by sale to Saga Cruises as the
Saga Rose
.
A complete postcard history of this ship is available
on this link
.
Cunard/NAC official postcard Q702 of
Sagafjord
.
Later issued as a Cunard card without the NAC banner.
Cunard official postcard of
Sagafjord
.
Oversized Cunard official postcard of
Sagafjord
.
Vistafjord
(Cunard Line: 1983-1999)
Caronia
(Cunard Line: 1999-2005)
In 1983, Trafalgar House acquired Norwegian American Cruises (NAC), and the ships joined the Cunard fleet,
Vistafjord
retaining her name. In 1999, Cunard renamed the
Vistafjord
as
Caronia
. By this time she carried 736 passengers and tonnage had increased to 24492 following additional cabins on the upper deck. In May 2003,
Caronia
was reported sold to Saga Cruises, to rejoin her former fleet-mate
Saga Rose
from 2005.
A complete postcard history of this ship is available
on this link
.
Photographs of
Vistafjord
and
Caronia
in Cunard service are available
on this link
.
Cunard/NAC Line official postcard of
Vistafjord.
Cunard/NAC Line official postcard of
Vistafjord.
Note top deck cabins extended aft from previous card.
Cunard Line official postcard of
Vistafjord.
Plus card back.
Cunard Line official postcard of
Vistafjord.
Note additional top deck accommodation area added aft of the funnel since the previous cards.
Cunard Line official postcard of
Vistafjord.
Note top deck accommodation area extended forward of the funnel since the previous card.
Cunard Line oversized official postcard of
Vistafjord.
Cunard Line oversized official postcard of
Vistafjord.
Cunard Line official postcard of
Caronia.
Cunard Line oversized official postcard of
Caronia.
Enlarged view of
Caronia
from the postcard above.
Cunard Line oversized official postcard of
Caronia.
Chantry Classics
postcard CC/S288 of
Caronia.
Photo by Walter Sartori - the best
Caronia
postcard issued so far.
Sea Goddess I
(Cunard Line: 1986-1998)
Sea Goddess II
(Cunard Line: 1986-1998)
4333 grt - 104.8 m long - 110 passengers - 17.5 knots
Sea Goddess I
and
Sea Goddess II
were built in 1984 and 1985 by Wartsila, Helsinki, for Sea Goddess Cruises of Norway. After a poor season in 1986 they were chartered to
Cunard
for twelve years.
Cunard
continued to market them as Sea Goddesses. Following the acquisition of
Cunard
by
Carnival
in 1998, the ships were transferred to Carnival's
Seabourn Cruise Line
, and were renamed
Seabourn Goddess I
and
Seabourn Goddess II
. In 2001 they were sold to new company
SeaDream Yacht Club
and renamed
SeaDream I
and
SeaDream II
.
SeaDream
is owned by Atle Brynstead, founder of
Seabourn
.
History of
Sea Goddess I & II
Official Cunard postcard used for both
Sea Goddess I
and
Sea Goddess II